Visualizing Alberta – Pt 2
Teddy here. A quick projection using the old riding map.
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Visualizing Alberta
A quick graphic by Teddy
Congratulations to Thomas Mulcair
Congrats to the New Leader of the NDP. An interesting note from your resident Teddy, now that Mulcair has won, each of the Federal leaders hasA – Been active in…
NDP 1st ballot and Donations
Teddy here. A simple graphic I made that I found interesting.
NDP quick update by Teddy
Teddy here, with a quick update on the NDP race for leader. Looking at polls, endorsements, fundraising, I have the following numbers in my personal tracker. Thomas Mulcair has somewhere…
Quickie BC projection
Teddy here. I’ve been working on an updated projection table for British Columbia, using data from past provincial elections where a party has existed to the right of the BCLiberals.…
Happy New Year
We here at Blunt Objects wish you and yours a happy new year, 2012. Here are some things to look forward to in the new year. Minority in Ontario.Minorities mean…
Liberal seat proposal, by the numbers
A follow up on an earlier post by Volkov. There is a new CBC News story outlining the number of seats in the Liberal proposal for seat redistribution. In short,…
New seat distribution formula to look a lot like the old one.
I've taken a close look at the proposed numbers in Harper's new plan for seat redistribution.This is a difficult to understand issue, so I will begin by explaining the history…
Sneak Peak at the 2012 Liberal Convention.
Liberal members can go to the convention website at http://convention.liberal.ca/ and vote on what issues they want to see presented. I got the e-mail and was one of the first…
Liberals hold on to Opposition in Newfoundland
With 37 seats for the Tories, some are calling it a "Loss" for the party, and others calling it a "Loss" for the NDP with only 5 seats. The Liberals,…
Ontario Election Maps
I've created two maps of the results. First a map showing the results straight-upNot much to say at this time, similar to maps you can find elsewhere.Secondly, and perhaps more…
Ontario Liberals win strong Minority Government
McGuinty's Liberals have managed 53 seats for a razor thin minority. The Tories at 37 and NDP at 17 have a combined total of 54, making for the strongest possible…
Liberals win in Ontario
Still not clear if it's a majority of minority, but it'll be close either way, Currently looking like a very strong minority, but 2 seats can change that.
Teddy’s election projection for Ontario
I decided to make a map of my personal projection (IE not the official Blunt Objects projection) for the Ontario Election tomorrow evening. I'm not much for talking when there's…
Alison Redford to become Premier of Alberta
Redford has defeated Gary Mar to become the new PC Leader, and default, Alberta Premier. I knew there was some backlash after all 3 lower-placing candidates all endorsed Mar, despite…
Ontario Debate Live"Blogging"
Follow along http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/09/23/ontario-leaders-debate548.htmlI will be commenting for all the Live"Blogging" so that you, our readers, can contribute along!
Layton’s desk to be left empty
http://www.parl.gc.ca/ParlBusiness/House/SeatingPlan/SeatingPlan.pdfSeat 164 is where the Leader of the Opposition would normally sit (directly across from Harper)
Quebec, and "how to" do simple projections.
Teddy here. A look at recent Quebec polls gave me an idea. The current polls looked good to me to do a simple projection.Projections, the way I do them (and…
Provincial Polling
Teddy here. I've complied the most recent polls I can find for all provinces and placed it on a simple grid.A note on Quebec, the new party is not polled…